The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-04-14
The Sun.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
MURDER IN ST. PAUL.

John Murphy Shot Down in the Streets by Mrs.
Hegener, of Minneapolis. Who Says He SLAM
dered Her.
Between half-past five and six O'Clock
last Wednesday merchants on Sibley street
noticed neatly dressed and very pretty
German woman walking up and down the
street, from Fourth to Third and back with
ayoung man. The two appeared to be very
much excited and to be quarrelling. The
woman was apparently urging the man to
do something, but what, no one knew.
They had gone on this way some time when
suddenly the man turned as II to dare MS
companion. At that instant she drew
revolver concealed in her dress, and raising
it, fired directly at him. Without speaking
the man fell on his face on the pavement, shot
through the head. A crowd quickly col
leeted and the woman was arrested at
once and taken to the city hall and thence
to the county Jail. where she gave her
name as Mrs. Hegener OF Minneapolis.
The injured man was unconscious
and bleeding freely from a wound
back OF his left ear. He was taken
to st. Joseph's hospital. Papers on
his person showed that his name was
John Murphy, and that he was barber.
He died during the evening. The alleged
circulation OF slanderous stories relative to
the character OF Mrs. Hegener by Murphy
had led TO the shooting. Murphy
was about twenty-five years old
q short, thick-set young fellow,
and barber by trade. His mother, Mrs.
Eliza beth Murphy, resides at Watertown,
Wis. Murphy for a long time was at Man
istee, Mich, but subsequently removed to
Minneapolis, where he finally entered the
employ OF Mr.. Hegener, at No. 212 First
avenue south. He is reported to have been
what is vulgarly known as II 'masher.
Mr.. Hegener, for whom Murphy recently
worked, is a prosperous barber, blessed
like the tonsorial artist of the days OF
Haroun Alschid with Il pretty wife-a
petite burnette, who would be the last
person in the world one would imagine
rs adopting the role OF murderess
Murphy had not been long in her
husbands employ before his admiring
eyes fell upon her. And then, as she said
that evening. 'he asked her to elope with
him'-to cross bounding seas where they
might find a lovers haven. She refused.
Murphy waxed wroth. He was DISCHARGED
from her husbands employ several days
ago. There came several letters
to her husband accusing her OF bad
conduct and various unwifely actions.
These letters, it is alleged, were written by
Murphy. Her husband she said, on receiv-
ing these letters told her that she must
Kill Murphy or he would cut her to pieces
himself Murphy had come to st. Paul in
the meantime. She followed him and con-
fronted him and begged that he
clear her character from its stain. He re-
fused. Still she pleaded with him not to
deny her this act of mercy. He turned
away as for the last time she asked him to
retract what he had written. He refused
again and then. maddened with despair,
this pretty little German woman shot him
down That is the crime and motive laid
bare, as TAR as any one. aside from the two
principals can ever tell. There may be
something more to it, but there Is only
one who can say, and her lips tell but that
tale.